This course introduces students to a variety of significant English-Canadian prose writers in the
modern period, reviews the historical development and contexts of English-Canadian fiction, and
explores the relationship between the writers narrative strategies and fictional concerns.

This course introduces the major literary genres and focuses upon a selection of representative
works. Students explore and discuss the elements of poetry, fiction, and drama. Class work involves
lectures and discussions, with a special emphasis on writing assignments.

This course introduces students to English Literature from the Old and Middle English periods to
about 1785. Students read works by such writers as the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Spenser, Sidney,
Shakespeare, Wroth, Donne, Milton, Pope, Swift, and Johnson. This is a course in reading,
appreciation, and critical analysis within an historical framework.